A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE GIRL BEHIND THE CAMERA

Hi! I'm Centaine, BUT, everyone calls me Centz! Photographs are more than just pictures to me, they are a way for us to cement and place our memories in the sands of time, keeping that day alive for years to come, in a still captured moment of happiness and enjoyment.

I'm a 'kaal-voet-kind' and slip slop queen!​Yes, you read right, I ABSOLUTELY love walking around barefoot any chance I can get (if I could shoot a wedding without shoes on I'd be the happiest girl around!) Whenever shoes are required ( because you know adulting requires some form sasifistication ) a good pair of flip flops are my choice of footwear and perhaps a pair of pumps or sneakers if it's absolutely necessary.

A bushveld girl living in the CityDurban may be where I live, HOWEVER, a special little place called Ingwelala is my home. Ingwelala is a privately owned game reserve that borders the Kruger National Park and has held a very special place in my family and in my heart since I was 2 years old. I do not visit it as often as I would like, but whenever I get a chance to go, I make sure that my day starts with an early morning game drive with a cup of coffee, a rusk and the sound of the Natal Francolin to welcome the sunrise. Each day ends off with a G & T in hand, surrounded by family and friends in a riverbed or at our ' special spot' enjoying a SPECTACULAR African sunset awaiting the first star and sound of the Night Jars calling. ( there's just nothing else like it ... if you are a bush lover like me ... you'll know EXACTLY what I'm talking about.)

Furr mom and proud of it!​Child no.1: Gizzy (my cat) who adopted me 9 years ago soon after I moved into my little housie, who was once my landlords BUT obviously loved me more and moved in.

Child no.2: Charlie Brown my never ending energy ball Jack Russel who is full of life with an amazing little character and personality and stole both my heart and that of my husbands from the moment we set eye's on him.

Family is everything to me. ​Starting from the top of the ladder, my grandfather & grandmother have played an enormous roll in my life and have been more like second parents than grandparent and have been a huge source of encouragement and support throughout my journey in life. My special mom has been such a pillar of strength and did an awesome job raising me as single parent through my teenage years and has taught me so much in life about how to be a strong young lady. Then I have my mom's twin brothers who are completely different from each other but have both been such amazing male figures in my life and have both (along with their wives) given me four AMAZING younger cousins who really and truly mean the ABSOLUTE world to me and I love them to bits!

We are silly and goofy and that's how we like it! I have the best husband on the PLANET! ​Yes, I know what you're thinking, "Centz, that's what EVERY wife says" - this may be true BUT he's my husband and there's no one else like him. In the 9 years that we have been together and 3 years married included in that time, he has ALWAYS managed to make me smile and has been my biggest critic and no.1 supporter through thick and thin on this crazy journey of mine becoming a photographer. It would take a unique person to marry me because normal is not really word in my vocabulary.